Supreme Court judge Alejandro Moscoso Segarra has rejected the request for a coercive measure consisting of a remand to custody, presented by the Attorney General of the Republic, Francisco Dominguez Brito against Senator Amable Aristy Castro.
The decision was made after an hour and 55 minutes of debates, and the judge returned with his verdict two hours later, stating that the assumptions presented for imposing preventive custody or any other coercive measure were insufficient.
He said that he believed that the Justice Department had not been able to establish beyond reasonable doubt the reasons for the coercive measures requested.
He suggested that while the investigators may have elements of proof that, in their view, link the legislator with a penal offense, “it is no less certain that the Justice Department could not demonstrate before this court the existence of a flight risk, as is explained up front.”
It was also established that Aristy Castro has sufficient roots, since he has a fixed domicile and occupies a public post that reveals levels of permanence in the country.
Moreover, it was evident that by his attitude and behavior that he has every intention of appearing before the courts whenever necessary.
The request to have Aristy sent to jail was presented by the deputy director of the Department of Persecution of Corruption (DPCA), Laura Guerrero, who argued that these measures were not requested without reason.
She said that the Justice Department presented 14 pieces of evidence against the senator, accused of corruption during his tenure at the Dominican Municipal League (LMD). Aristy Castro’s defense team includes Ramon Pina Acevedo, Julio Cury, Ramon Emilio Nunez and Francisco Fernandez Almonte.